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Factor structure of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) in a psychiatric outpatient population
Author(s) -
Zung Burton J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198010)36:4<1024::aid-jclp2270360437>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - psychology , psychiatry , test (biology) , population , validation test , psychometrics , clinical psychology , factor (programming language) , test validity , medicine , paleontology , environmental health , computer science , biology , programming language
Investigated a factor analysis of the responses of psychiatric outpatients ( N = 240) to the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test. An orthogonal fourfactor solution resolved to a single broad factor that encompassed all test items when differences in item difficulty were controlled and the initial factors were rotated obliquely.